Railway shower-bath car



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GUSTAVE A. SCHIIIID'I, 0F RAINES, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 FELIX H. MOGANN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

RAILWAY SHOWER-BATH CAR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

Application filed July 14, 1920. Serial No. 396,252.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE A. SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Raines, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Shower- Bath Cars, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to railway showerbath cars, and has for its object to provide a car of standard type and proportions which stem chest carried by the engine. The deis equipped with a number of shower-baths, and when this car is placed ina train of cars it will enable the passengers of the train to enjoy the benefits of a shower.

The various features of my invention are so arranged and constructed as to provide warm water when such is desired, without the necessity of an individual heating plant. I accomplish this by connecting to each shower-bath fixture a branch pipe from the sired temperature may thereby be supplied to the water, and hot and cold water are always available.

In order to maintain the proper pressure upon the water, I connect the tanks containing the same with the compressed air line present in the standard railroad equipment, and thereby furnish water to the showerbath equipment under the proper pressure.

In carrying out my invention I provide further conveniences" for the user in the nature of an apparel wardrobe, positioned within each shower-bath booth, in which the passenger may temporarily store his'clothes. The "door of this wardrobe is so arranged that the same may be used as a seat while the passenger changes his clothes.

As a further convenience, I provide rotat- 1 my invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of one end of a railway car so constructed;

I ulating the amount Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken longitudinally of the car on line 33 of Fi 1; Fig. 4 is a-detail section, partly in e evation, of the shoe-carrying panel;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, the same being taken on a vertical section; and

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken on line 66 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings the letter A represents a railway car of standard type and proportions, provided with a floor B and the usual trucks C.

In carrying out my invention I divide the car into a multiplicity of booths 7, formed with dividing partitions 8, suitable doors 9, and inside walls 10. The booths are of such transverse width as to leave a corridor or central passage-way 11, into which the doors 9 open.

Inasmuch as the arrangement of each booth 7 is identical, a detailed description of one will suffice. Each booth is provided with a rigid vertically disposed water pipe 12 and a movable section 13 carrying a showerbath spray nozzle li. The movable section 13 has a swivel connection 15 with the rigid pipe 12. A cord 16, having one end secured to the movable section 13, passes over a pulley 17 supported upon the wall of the car, to enable the upper end of the showerbath fixture to be pulled back to the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when not in use. By so arranging the shower fixture the user is enabled to dress without the possibility of water dripping upon him, as would be the case were the movable portion 13 of the shower fixture allowed to remain in its ordinary operative position.

A suitable valve 18 is provided for the purpose of cutting ofi the water to the shower. In order to secure hot water when desirable, I position adjacent each side of the car a longitudinal steam pipe 19, which is preferably connected in any suitable manner to the steam chest upon the engine. branch pipe 20 connects the steam pipe 19 to the pipe 12 of the fixture, and the admission of the steam is controlled b a valve 21. It is obvious from the foregoing that when hot water is desired, the valve21 may be operated to admit steam to the pipe 12, which will mix with and supply water to the shower fixture at the proper temperature. The proper temperature may be had by regof steam admitted to A we employed the pipe 12, and it is also obvious that when cold water is desired the same may be had by completely closin the valve 21.

As illustrated clear y in Figs. 2 and 3,each booth is provided with water. tanks 22 and 23. he capacity of these tanks may be varied, but it is obvious that they may be of suflicient size to carry enough water for a considerable number the capacity of the two tanks 22 and 23;

ach set of tanks is also connected, as by pipe 27, to the next series of tanks, munication therebetween is controlled by a valve 28, having its operating stem 29 projecting up through the floor of the corridor, as clearly illustrated inFigs. 3 and 6. F illmg caps tanks until all are filled. During thls filling operation the air pressure to the air line 24 will be cut off.

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second floor 31 is built over the tanks, and this floor within the booths is positioned at a slight angle. At the lowest point of this floor I provide a drain 32, which will carry off the water and discharge it beneath is desired, an antiseptic tank 33 may be provided, of any ordinary;

will thoroughly disinfeet this dram water outlet.

F ormed in each door 9 is an robe 34:, provided with a downwardly swinging door 35. In this wardrobe the user may store his clothes, and while disrobing or dressing the door 35 may be used as a seat.

,hen, however, the user is bathing, the door 35 can be closed, thereby maintaining his clothes in a dry condition.

A revolving panel 36 is mounted within place his shoes, and when this panel is revolved, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the shoes are positioned so as to be accesslble to the porter for polish- 'uitable windows 37 are formed in the Walls of the car, and additional ventilation and com-' without departing may be had through ventilators 38 posi-' tioned at the upper inside wall of the booths.

It is obvious from the foregoing that I shower-bath, which convenience will have considerable attraction, especially upon trains making long runs. 1

y forming the water storage tanks in a multiplici y of individual units, I eliminate executed turns or abrupt necting each shower-bath equipment with a steam pipe running from the steam chest upon the engine, I can secure hot water without the provision of additional water heat- I also employ the compressed air which is furnished for operation of the brakes, to provide the proper pressure to the water. The tanks may be quickly filled whenever desired, by cation of the several tanks.

The apparel wardrobe and the revolving shoe-carrying panel form a part of the equipment which provides the utmost convenience to the passenger using the bath.

Various modifications may be resorted to from the spirit and scope of my invention, and I particularly reserve this right.

What I claim is tanks beneath the booth within which it is posimeans for communicatively' connecttanks along each side of the car to enable the, same to be filled simultaneously,

GUSTAVE A. SCHMIDT,

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